MUG SHOT PIC: NICOLE RICHIE SRUNG FROM JAIL AFTER 82 MINUTES BEHIND BARS

LYNWOOD, California--Nicole Richie was released from jail Thursday, just 82 minutes after the pregnant TV reality star checked in for a four day sentence for driving under the influence of drugs. The reality show star, who checked into jail in this Los Angeles suburb at 3:15 p.m., was released at 4:37 p.m. "based on her sentence and federal guidelines," Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputy Maribel Rizo said without elaborating. When asked whether Richie spent her brief sentence in a jail cell, Rizo replied: "No further comment."

Under a federal court mandate to manage jail overcrowding, arrestees sentenced to 30 days or less for a nonviolent offense are usually released within 12 hours, the sheriff's department said in a statement. Under the guidelines, Richie was "treated in the same manner as other inmates with a similar sentence," the statement said. Richie, 25, was originally sentenced to 96 hours in jail, but that was reduced to 90 hours because of time served when she was arrested.

Richie arrived at jail with her boyfriend Joel Madden and her attorney, sheriff's spokeswoman Kerri Webb said. A call to attorney Shawn Chapman Holley was not immediately returned. "She was processed into the jail system, she was highly cooperative and she was released," Webb said.

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CELEBRITY CANDIDS: BRANDY, MEL B. & HUBBY, JENNIFER LOPEZ

Brandy was spotted at her favorite restaurant, Crustacean in Beverly Hills looking blissfully happy as she should. Tomorrow isn't promised to us. I hope the outing did her self-esteem some good.

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Eddie's baby mama, Melanie 'Mel B.' Brown was caught by the paparazzi shopping in Hollywood yesterday with her 2nd husband Stephen Belafonte.

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Jennifer Lopez is back in dancer mode. The curvy Latina held auditons at Roseland Arena in New York City for dancers for her video and upcoming tour. Yall, please check out ol girl on her back!

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RON ISLEY IS CURRENTLY BEHIND BARS ON TAX EVASION CHARGES

Last I heard, Ron Isley's attorney and record label, Def Jam, teamed up to create an executive presidential pardon petition in order to drum up support from Isley's family, friends and fans by encouraging them to write, email, call and fax President George Bush in order to keep Isley out of prison. For those of you who don't know the full story regarding Isley's conviction, here it is: Last September, the singer was sentenced to 3 years in prison on five counts of federal income tax evasion. The IRS claims Isley, who has assets in the millions had gone to great lengths to hide them in different bank accounts and by signing them over to relatives. Isley who is 65 years old, had pleaded "not guilty" on all counts. According to court records, Isley had unpaid taxes of $3.1 million between the years 1997 and 2002. Isley's attorney argued that his client deserved probation due to his frail health, citing a stroke he suffered two years ago and a recent battle with kidney cancer.

That was about a month ago. Since then many people were wondering if Isley would ever see the inside of a prison. Beside his failing health, Isley and his wife of 2 years, Kandy (of the R&B singing duo JS), who is 35 years his junior--let me find out he's old enough to be her granddaddy--have an 8-month old child together.

Fast forward. Isley is of now federal property. According to eurweb.com, Def Jam only confirmed to them that Isley is now behind bars serving his sentence. The record label's spokesperson did not reveal where Isley is housed or the beginning date of his incarceration.

Isley's last public appearance was at this year's Soul Train Music Awards where he performed Just Came Here to Chill from his newest album, Baby Makin' Music which is in stores now.

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